electric mill (for grinding wheat etc)
1. to grumble2. to chatter away incessantly
1. lit. cutting and polishing (idiom)2. fig. to learn by exchanging ideas or experiences
1. lit. to kill the donkey when the grinding is done (idiom)2. fig. to get rid of sb once he has ceased to be useful
Shuimogou, a district of Ürümqi City 乌鲁木齐市[wū lǔ mù qí shì], Xinjiang
1. to grind an iron bar down to a fine needle (idiom); fig. to persevere in a difficult task2. to study diligently
1. to dillydally2. slow-going
1. to grind one's way through an ink stone2. to persevere in a difficult task (idiom)3. to study diligently (idiom)
1. lit. to play together ear to ear and temple to temple (idiom)2. fig. (of a boy and a girl) to play together often during childhood
1. to coax and pester (idiom)2. to wheedle3. to cajole
有钱能使鬼推磨 有錢能使鬼推磨 yǒu qián néng shǐ guǐ tuī mò 1. lit. with money, you can get a devil to turn a millstone (idiom)2. fig. with money, you can get anything done; money talks
磨刀不误砍柴工 磨刀不誤砍柴工 mó dāo bù wù kǎn chái gōng 1. lit. sharpening the axe won't make the wood-splitting take longer (idiom)2. fig. time invested in preparations is not lost3. a beard well lathered is half shaved
variant of 摩拳擦掌[mō quán cā zhǎng]
1. dawdling2. to waste time
(dialect) to be very slow; to dawdle
1. to apply a skin-smoothing effect (in photo editing)2. to smooth the skin (cosmetic procedure)
1. abrasive disk2. sanding disk
1. to feel unembarrassed; to be at ease2. (dialect) to be convinced; to come round
1. abrasive2. grinding material
1. to wear out the skin of one's teeth (idiom); pointlessly blather2. to talk incessant nonsense3. blah blah
1. millstone grit2. coarse sandstone
to talk until one is blue in the face
a polished stone (neolithic) implement
whetstone (for honing knives)
torture and cruel treatment
1. to wear out one's lips (idiom)2. to talk until one is blue in the face3. to repeat again and again
反酷刑折磨公约 反酷刑折磨公約 fǎn kù xíng zhé mó gōng yuē UN convention against torture and cruel treatment (ratified by PRC in 1988)
懒驴上磨屎尿多 懶驢上磨屎尿多 lǎn lǘ shàng mò shǐ niào duō 1. (proverb) A lazy person will find many excuses to delay working2. lit. When a lazy donkey is turning a grindstone, it takes a lot of time off for peeing and pooing